Advance Praise for Enlightened Democracy

"This is a book that the country needed in the age of plebiscite democracy. It is a powerful tribute to the enduring wisdom of the Framers, whose structures of government have stood the daunting tests of over two centuries of global tumult. Tara Ross writes with cogency, analytical force, and practical insight."

-Kenneth W. Starr, former Independent Counsel and
Dean of Pepperdine Law School

"Tara Ross has done the country a great service. In Enlightened Democracy she has made the case for the Electoral College, one of our most important institutions. It is a rare combination: at once conversant with all of the academic scholarship, but written in a clear and direct style and aimed to persuade public spirited citizens."

-John Fortier, editor, After the People Vote

"In her book, Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College, Tara Ross has done an outstanding job of combining historical analysis with clear-thinking logic. The book explains the importance of an institution that the founders regarded as one of the most excellent features of our Constitution."

-Edwin Meese III, former U.S. Attorney General

Reviews of Enlightened Democracy

"[For the most part,] defenses of the Electoral College have come in the form of short opinion pieces in newspapers and magazines, law review articles, and collections of essays. Thus the importance of Tara Ross’s Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College, which adds a reader friendly, book-length treatise to the list of pro-Electoral College writings. Better still, unlike at least some other defenses of the College, Ross’s defense is no curmudgeonly conservative plea for respecting tradition. It is a full throated roar in favor of an institution she is "absolutely convinced" is of "immense value . . . to our republican democracy."

-Bradley A. Smith, FEC Commissioner, writing for
Engage, the journal of the Federalist Society’s Practice Groups

"[Tara Ross’s] new book, Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College is wonderfully cogent."

-Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution, writing in The
Corner on National Review Online.

"Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College is the book to have ready. Tara Ross gives cogent theoretical reasons based in federalism and moderation to preserve the Electoral College, and dismembers the alternatives proposed."

-Marvin Olasky, writing for World Magazine